[f. STRIDE v. + -ING1.] The action of the vb. STRIDE.
c. 1440. Promp. Parv., 480/1. Strydynge, patentacio, stragiatus, pantagium.
1677. Coles, Dict. Eng.-Lat., A striding over, interceptio passis cruribus facta.
1856. Emerson, Eng. Traits, Lit., Wks. (Bohn), II. 113. No hope, no sublime augury, cheers the student, no secure striding from experiment onward to a foreseen law.
1905. Vachell, The Hill, ix. 187. A nod of the head, a keen look, and a striding off elsewhere.
Comb. 1807. Wordsw., Force of Prayer, 21. The Striding-place is called The Strid.
